BT

  • BT agrees £12.5bn purchase of EE

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    EE’s shareholders, Deutsche Telekom and Orange, will receive a mixture of cash and BT shares with Deutsche Telekom entitled to appoint one non-executive member to the BT Board. It will also hold a 12% stake in BT while Orange will hold a 4% stake.

  • BT and Sir Ian McKellen team up for Comic Relief

    BT and Sir Ian McKellen team up for Comic Relief

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    Acting legend Sir Ian McKellen, currently filming second series of ITV’s Vicious with Derek Jacobi, will be the voice of BT’s Speaking Clock from today until Red Nose Day on Friday, 13 March.

  • BT announces plans to boost broadband speeds to 500Mbps

    BT announces plans to boost broadband speeds to 500Mbps

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    Broadband users could see download speeds boosted dramatically after BT confirmed plans to trial G.fast – a technology that can deliver speeds of up to 500Mbps – in 4,000 homes.

  • More than a third of BT broadband customers now have fibre

    More than a third of BT broadband customers now have fibre

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    The UK’s biggest ISP now has more than 2.7m subscribers to its fibre Infinity packages, with 209,000 buying or upgrading to a fibre package in the financial quarter ending December 31st.

  • BT Sport expands ESPN deal

    BT Sport expands ESPN deal

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    Disney owned ESPN sold its UK operations to BT after losing its Premier League rights at the last auction which saw broadcasting rights to the UK’s top sporting contest shared between BT and Sky.

  • New Ofcom rules to limit BT’s broadband pricing freedoms

    New Ofcom rules to limit BT’s broadband pricing freedoms

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    BT’s freedom to cut broadband costs was curtailed today after telecoms regulator Ofcom said it must ensure margins on retail products are sufficient to ensure competition.